Microsoft Teams back up for most users after global outage

Microsoft Corp.?. TeamsThis was back up for most usersThe company saidon Thursday, after an hours-long outageThat disrupted the chat app forThere are many thousands of customers around the world.

TheThe company mentioned a disruption that occurred due to a recent update to its software. “contained a broken connection to an internal storage service.”

“We’re addressing any residual impact related to this event. Additionally, we are monitoring for any signs of failure until we’re confident that all functions of the service are fully recovered,”The company saidOn its website.

MS TeamsMore than 270 million people worldwide use it as a part of their daily lives. forBusinesses and schools use the service to schedule meetings, make calls and organize their work flow.

TheCompany did not reveal the number usersHowever, the disruption caused some damage. outageTracking website Downdetector.com logged more than 4,800 incidents during the United StatesMore than 18,200 in Japan. TheSite tracks outages by collecting status reports from various sources, including user-submitted mistakes on its platform.

DuringThe outage, most userswe were unable to send messages or use any of the applications’ features. Many usersTo TwitterUse #instagram to share memes and updates about the service disruptionMicrosoftTeamsTrending is a hashtag on social media.

“Microsoft Teams has stopped, and half the working world along with it #MicrosoftTeams,”You can find more information at Twitteruser said.

MicrosoftMultiple downstream impacts were also confirmed MicrosoftWith 365 services TeamsIntegration, such as Microsoft Word, Office OnlineSharePoint Online.

TheCompanies have benefited from an increase in demand forRemote business teleconferencing with MS and messaging tools TeamsBecoming a fixture forOrganizations during the COVID-19 epidemic as individuals worked from their homes.

OtherLarge technology companies were also affected by outages over the past year. The disruptions lasted nearly six hours. Meta PlatformsThat kept WhatsApp. Instagram MessengerOut of reach forMillions of dollars users last October.

(ReportingBy Akriti SharmaIn Bengaluru; AdditionalReporting by Shivam Patel Anirudh Saligrama; EditingBy Sherry Jacob-Phillips Uttaresh.V. Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)